Philips SGS252 Lantern Installations

The Philips SGS252 is the largest version of the Philips Iridium family of lanterns. It can use SON lamps above 100W, and is incredibly popular across the UK and mainland Europe. In addition to SON lamps, metal halide and LED lamps are available. The canopy is of GRP (fibreglass) construction, with flat-glass, curved tempered glass, deep-glass and deep-polycarbonate bowls available.

Coton Lane, Tamworth

The Philips SGS252 (Iridium) is a common lantern here in Tamworth. It is widely used on main roads, however other applications of this lantern such as residential lighting can be found. This Philips Iridium is on Coton Lane. It exists as a replacement to a failed Urbis Sapphire 2.

The Iridium can be seen on the third column from the right. The surrounding lanterns are all Urbis Sapphire 2s.

Coton Green, Tamworth

Chartwell, Tamworth supports a relatively-new Philips SGS252 (running 100W SON-T) on an 8m column. It replaced an Eleco GR100 back in 2020.

B5000, Tamworth

This is unlike B5000, where Philips Iridiums line the road, running 150W SON.

The following examples were pictured on the roundabout joining Silver Link Road to the B5000. Column T4 was pictured first.

Followed by column T3 (closest to the camera):

On the 25/07/2024 I spotted a brand-new bracket on the column.

I continued to follow the roundabout, picturing column T2.

A view of the Iridiums lining the B5000.

Amington, Tamworth

Located on Sandy Way, this Iridium appears to have loosened in the previous storm.

These SGS252 lanterns are located just off Sandy Way, Tamworth. They have been retrofitted to accommodate LED lamps.